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Clinic Connections Women's Health Spotlight: Breast Cancer Care Through the Medical Assistant Lens
Course Availability

This course is free for AAMA members from October 28 through December 8, 2026. Beginning December 9, 2026, members may purchase the course for $10. Nonmembers may purchase the course for $20 throughout its availability.

This course will be retired from the AAMA e-Learning Center on February 1, 2027, as we prepare for the next Clinic Connections webinar series offering.

Course Information
Course Description
Medical assistants play an important role in helping patients navigate breast cancer risk assessment, screening, and follow-up care. This course reviews breast cancer risk factors, current screening recommendations, breast density, supplemental screening options, and the differences between screening and diagnostic mammography.

Learners will explore practical ways to identify patients who may be due for screening, prepare patients for breast imaging, answer common questions, and coordinate next steps after an abnormal result. The course also examines how individual risk, breast density, patient preferences, and practical considerations can influence imaging decisions.

Learning Objectives
As a result of completing this course, learners will be able to...
  • Identify breast cancer risk factors and patients who may need risk assessment or screening.
  • Compare screening mammography with symptom-driven diagnostic mammography.
  • Explain how breast density affects cancer detection and supplemental screening decisions.
  • Describe current breast cancer screening recommendations for average-, intermediate-, and high-risk patients.
  • Apply patient education and care coordination strategies before and after breast imaging.
Intended Audience
This course is intended for medical assistants, CMA (AAMA) professionals, and other ambulatory or outpatient care staff who help patients access breast cancer screening and diagnostic services. It is especially relevant for professionals who provide patient education, identify screening needs, respond to breast health questions, and coordinate imaging follow-up.
Course Contributors
Priscilla J. Slanetz, MD, MPH, FACR, FSBI, FAAWR, FAAR
Webinar panelist and presenter; Professor of Radiology at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Adjunct Professor at Boston University, and Member of the Faculty at Harvard Medical School.

Summer O’Neal, CMA (AAMA)
Moderator and certified medical assistant at Central Carolina Dermatology Clinic, Inc.

Brian Stimpson, Sr., CMA (AAMA)
Moderator and certified medical assistant at Monadnock Community Hospital.
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Retake Information
Please note that one exam retake is allowed. Any additional retakes for this online course require repurchase.
Summary
Availability:
On-Demand
Access expires on Feb 01, 2027
Cost:
Member: $0.00
Nonmember: $20.00
CEU Offered:
1 Gen/Adm/Clin CEU
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